New Joomla! banner component
I was recently working on a Joomla! site which required a fairly unusual banner management system. The spec was that the user would be able to enter a list of banners, links, start dates and expiry dates, and that these banners would be displayed in a random order in the main content area. The component will accept all major image formats, and flash movie files. (.swf)
I wasted quite a bit of time trying to mold other components to my needs, but I could have saved myself some time if I had just written my own!
Here we are, then; the result of my labour.
This component requires Joomla 1.5 or later.
LICENSE + DISCLAIMER:Copyright 2008 John McCollum. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
By downloading this component, you are indicating your acceptance of the terms above. Please make sure you back up your files and database before installing this component.
Click here to download the component!
EDIT – by popular demand, I’ve written a simple module to interact with this component. It simply loads a random image or .swf into a module position, based on dates supplied by the user. Note – you must download the component to use the module, although you can use the component on its own!
Tags: advertising, banners, CMS, content management systems, Joomla
Hi,
great componant,
2 questions requests
1.”This is a very simple component that allows you, the admin, to add any number of flash or image banners to a single page on your site. ”
What do you mean by a single page.. to do this I have to create menu links manually and assign the mod only that menu link?
2.The target link takes users out of your own site (should be _blank)
cheers and congratulations on a great com!
Hi, Im new to joomla and extensions, i have installed it and see it but when adding a banner i dont see anything on the site? am i missing something? is it my template?
Thanks for the post. I’m really looking for a component or module that allows the display random images in the header graphic on most templates. Please drop me a line if you stumble any related post..
Thanks for sharing this excellent joomla component John.
Thanks, this is great for managing banner advertisements on large websites
Thanks for sharing this great joomla component John.
Good Man :}
This component is a great addition to Joomla. Thanks!
Hello,
I’m trying to open the urls in a new windows but I don’t know where i have to put target=”_blank” in the code.
Can you help me.
Thanks
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I’ve tested both component and module and work superb. We found the swf file support very useful as we’re geotargetting flash content depending on the visitor’s origing. Thanks for your effort.
Nice of you to share this Joomla banner component with the rest of us, I’m going to try it out. Thanks a lot!
Nice component, but how can I opening a new window (”_blank”)? Can I edit de code to get it? Can you help me?
Ty for sharing, I’m going to DL this joomla banner component and try it out.
This seems like a perfect solution for our site, but I am having issues with the install. The flash is coming through in the Banner portion and I installed the module but I get a broken image icon on my site where the banners should be. I also do not see where the start and end dates are entered (which may be the cause). Did I miss something??? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!